Intel announced its Arrow Lake desktop chips — the Core Ultra 200S series — with significant reductions in power consumption but also underwhelming performance.

The Core Ultra 200S require new mainboards, but CPU coolers remain compatible. The only exception: contact frames.

I ntel announced a new family of desktop and laptop processors codenamed Arrow Lake. We've been following the leaks and slow trickle of official information on this new generation

For the last several years, every new generation from Intel has felt like a make-or-break moment. Now, with , the stakes are even higher. Intel is facing unprecedented financial troubles, and although it still makes some of the ,

Intel's Arrow Lake chip series will be coming out in two weeks, with more focus on performance, cooling, and reducing power consumption.